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Permanence

Tattoo Portraits by Kip Fulbeck Foreword by Horitaka

7 x 7 in; 276 pp ; 120 color photographs
Paperback
Published in February, 2008
ISBN 0811861317
ISBN13 9780811861311

$19.95  

Permanence -- Once a fringe phenomenon, tattooing is now a full-blown cultural fact. More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose to indelibly mark their bodies. Permanence combines photographic tattoo portraits with these stories, told in the subjects' own words and handwriting. Kip Fulbeck brings together young and old of all races, religions, and political persuasions—from celebrities to suburban moms to Hells Angels. Including interviews with celebrity tattooers Kat Von D and Oliver Peck (Miami Ink), hardcore legend Evan Seinfeld, and some regular folks, Permanence is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of the tattooed population today.

Extensively tattooed artist, filmmaker, and professor Kip Fulbeck is the author of Part Asian, 100% Hapa.

One of the most well known contemporary American tattooers, Horitaka speaks and tattoos across the country.